Binky Li and QB celebrated their birthdays earlier this summer, but this past weekend it was all Pinky, Pinky, Pinky…oh yeah…and Bikkie and Bubba too! Binky Li thought maybe his mommee would show up for his birthday, but that didn’t happen….
After, everything IS all about Pinky, right? RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!
Be the Bear
Bob T will our national nightmare ever be over Panda
While Grand Mei and Grand Tian are coping with Pinky’s tiny terrors adorable twins, Pinky is speeding her way to get back to the DC Panda House to celebrate Binky Li’s 5th birthday! What could possibly go wrong?
The real NooZ out of DC is mostly terrible and I can barely stand to listen to Mittens tell ever more outlandish lies or listen to Brain Worm Guy’s garbage disposal of a voice bashing science and experts. Good for Dana Bash for smacking back when he croaked “well, you’re not a scientist” and she said “you’re not either.” He probably isn’t used to women talking back to him.
Anyway, the eastern part of my state is in flames, our AQI is about to go in the toilet, and groceries are going through the roof. We should just turn everything off except the panda cams (and The Panda Chronicles)
I’m going to try really hard to get at least one new ‘toon a week and run some of Pinky’s our greatest hits on the other day. I think it may vary which day gets the new ‘toon, depending on other work load and frequency of naps.
Be the Bear
Bob T I’ll be under the bed Panda
I really don’t know how much more of this we can take.
It’s gonna take a lot of cocoa, little marshymallows and whippy cream to get through this.
Be the Bear
Bob T close to the end of my rope Panda
Fat Bear Season is upon us, as the Katmai bears scoop up salmon to get ready for another wild Russian Alaskan winter, and more importantly, compete in the annual Fat Bear Contest! Will this be the year Frank or Mikey takes the prize? Is there a residency requirement or can any bear just barge in? I guess we’ll find out!
In the meantime, Frank and Mikey are almost ready to hit the road!
Uh oh, indeed!
Be the Bear!
Bob T pass the potato chips Panda
It has been suggested that Frank and Mikey *might* have done more to fend off the ICE Maiden.
Fortunately, They are picking up the slack on the back end, as it were!
I really haven’t looked at the NooZ today. Has anything happened out in the world?
Be the Bear
Bob T pass the linzertorte Panda
Alas, OITRW, ICE has not been melted. They are still out there doing terrible, terrible things to people in our communities who in no way deserve the treatment they are getting. We cannot look away, but we do need some relief as well. That is what The Panda Chronicles is here for.
Also cake.
There must be cake.
All we can do is keep on keeping on, and add as much kindness as we can to our daily lives. My most recent Substack thingie is about keeping going in the face of the insanity that smacks us in the face every morning. Making art, drawing pandas, and knowing you all are out there going through this too is what is going to get me through this, at least until it isn’t. I hope you’ll hop like a bunny over to read my piece called Despite Everything. And feel free to subscribe, which you can do for free or for a modest sum, if that is an option for you. Or you could send me a linzertorte. That works too.
Be the Bear
Bob T raspberry Linzertorte is my favorite Panda
*OITRW= Out In The Real World
PPJ has entered the story…what could possibly go wrong?
We can be sure that PPJ has some clever ideas on combatting the forces of evil, and the ICE Maiden. At least, I think we can be sure. The next episode is still revealing itself to me.
Till next time…
Be the Bear
Bob T is that a chill in the air? a disturbance in the Force? Panda
That’s right! Pinky has entered the chat! If Pinky can’t fix this, nobeary can. After all, Pinky has a secret weapon: Princess Pinky Junior.
Sending out a big thanks to all who came out on Saturday to say: NOPE! NO KINGS! Unofficial estimates are 12.1 MILLION people came out across the country and not only in typical Democratic strongholds. Keep the pressure up!
Be the Bear!
Bob T nope nope nope nope Panda
You know I don’t mean to cause trauma to the pandas, but we are living this in real time in the real world. I don’t know where this ends, either in our story here, or in the real world. We are all immigrants, or the children or grandchildren of immigrants.
Today, The Ice Maiden had a sitting US Senator ARRESTED for asking a question at a press conference. Where does this end?
Stay ‘tooned!
Be the Bear
Bob T this will not stand Panda
I know that many of you think of the Panda Chronicles as a safe haven. Oh sure, we make fun of Mittens and his evil spawn and minions, but with times being what they are, sometimes the most troubling nooz stories won’t stray from our thoughts.
I know that some of you might have a hard time with this story. I’m not sure where it goes and I will do my best to give it a happy ending, unlike so of many of the stories we are hearing about, not to mention the ones that are not as high profile so as to get a lot of coverage.
The Mittenv2.0 regime claimed (a lie, we know) that he was only going to deport the most hardened criminals. But that is not what is happening. People who are neighbors. People who are co-workers. People who have built lives and families and businesses are among those who are getting swept up in this cruel version of The Hunger Games.
This story started forming in my head a few weeks ago, and it wouldn’t go away. We need to not look away from this humanitarian crisis within our own borders.
Be the Bear
Bob T protector of Ping Panda